1、2003 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（北京卷）英 语National Matriculation English Test（NMET 2003）本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分。第 I 卷 1 至 16 页。第 II 卷 17 至20 页。共 150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。第 I 卷（三部分，共 115 分）注意事项：1答第一卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。2每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。不能答在试卷上。3考试结束后，考生将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
2、第一部分：听力理解（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选最佳选项，标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。例：What is the man going to read?A. A newspaper.B. A magazine.C. A book.答案是 A。1. What time is it?A.8. B.9 C.102. What is Peter going to do this after
3、noon?A. Play basketball.B. Ride a bicycle.C. Go swimming.3. How much is the man going to pay?A. 20 pence.B. 25 pence.C. 30 pence.4. How will the woman travel to New York?A. By car.B. By train.C. By plane.5. What is the woman doing?A. Making a suggestion.B. Asking for help.C. Offering advice.第二节 （共15
4、小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟时间阅读每小题，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。6. Where is the new sports center?A. On Hill Road.B. On Mill Street.C. On Station Road.7. What sport did the man do last week?A. Swimming.B. Basketball.
5、C. Table-tennis.8.When will they go to the sports center?A. On Friday.B. On Thursday.C. On Wednesday.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. Where can you hear the talk by the American writer?A. At the bookshop.B. In the library.C. In Allen Hall.10. What is the talk about?A. The writers latest novel.B. The writers succe
6、ss story.C. The writers recent journey.11. Who is the man speaking to?A. Student.B. Teachers.C. Club members.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. Where does the woman do most of her work?A. In planes.B. In the office.C. At the airport.13. What does the woman do at the beginning of each workday?A. Talk to air-hostes
7、ses.B. Check the computersC. Get flight information.14. What does the woman want to do?A. Stop traveling.B. Earn more money.C. Stay in the same job.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. Who is going to visit the place?A. Customers.B. Reporters.C. Tourists.16. Where will the woman meet the visitors?A. At the office.B
8、. At the factory.C. At a restaurant.17. What is the relationship between the man and the woman?A. Teacher and student.B. Boss and assistant.C. Visitor and host.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Why is the man angry with the woman?A. She hasnt kept a place for him.B. She hasnt got any idea who he is.C. She hasnt
9、 given him a phone call.19. How is the problem solved?A. The woman helps the man find another room.B. The man calls to tell his friends not to come.C. The woman manages to get the man a table.20. What does the man do?A. Hes a businessman.B. Hes the head waiter.C. Hes a policeman.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45
10、分）第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C 、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。例：Its so nice to hear from her again. _, we last met more than thirty years ago.A. Whats more B. Thats to say.C. In other words D. Believe it or not.答案是D。21. The teacher asked us _ so much noise.A. dont make B. not makeC. not mak
11、ing D. not to make22. At this time tomorrow _ over the Atlantic.A. were going to fly B. well be flyingC. well fly D. were to fly23. Dont mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _ the shocking ending.A. give away B. give outC. give up D. give off24. York, _ last year, is a nice old city
12、.A. that I visited B. which I visitedC. where I visited D. in which I visited.25. _ David and Vicky _ married?For about three years.A. How long were . being B. How long have . gotC. How long have . been D. How long did . get26. The news came as no surprise to me. I _ for some time that the factory w
13、as going to shut down.A. had known B. knewC. have known D. know27. I hear they arent pleased with the house youve chosen for them.Well, _ could they live in such comfort?A. where else B. what elseC. how D. why28. _ time, hell make a first-class tennis player.A. Having given B. To giveC. Giving D. Gi
14、ven29. Im sorry I stepped outside for a smoke. I was very tired.There is no _ for this while you are on duty.A. reason B. excuseC. cause D. explanation30. He made a mistake, but then he corrected the situation _ it got worse.A. until B. whenC. before D. as31. _ I know the money is safe, I shall not
15、worry about it.A. Even though B. UnlessC. As long as D. While32. Our neighbor has _ ours.A. as a big house asB. as big a house asC. the same big house asD. a house the same big as.33. They had a pleasant chat _ a cup of coffee.A. for B. withC. during D. over34. He did it _ it took me.A. one-third a
16、time B. one-third timeC. the one-third time D. one-third the time35. Come and see me whenever _.A. you are convenientB. you will be convenientC. it is convenient to youD. it will be convenient to you第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。My First JobI w
17、as six when I joined my father and two elder brothers at sunrise in the fields of Eufaula, Okla. 36 the time I was eight I was helping Dad fix up old furniture. He gave me a cent for every nail I 37 out of old boards.I got my first 38 job, at JMs Restaurant in town, when I was 12. My main responsibi
18、lities（职责) were 39 tables and washing dishes, 40 sometimes I helped cook.Every day after school I would 41 to JMs and work until ten. Even on Saturdays I 42 from two until eleven. At that age it was difficult going to work and 43 my friends run off to swim or play. I didnt necessarily like work, but
19、 I loved what working 44 me to have. Because of my 45 I was always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local Tastee Freez. This made me 46 .Word that I was trustworthy and hard-working 47 around town. A local clothing store offered me credit（赊账） 48 I was only in seventh grade. I immedia
20、tely 49 a $ 68 sports coat and a $ 22 pair of shoes. I was 50 only 65 cents an hour, and I already owed the storekeeper $ 90! So I learned 51 the danger of easy credit. I paid it 52 as soon as I could.My first job taught me self-control, responsibility and brought me a 53 of personal satisfaction fe
21、w of my friends had experienced. As my father, 54 worked three jobs, once told me, “If you 55 sacrifice（奉献）and responsibility, there are not many things in life you cant have.“ How right he was.36.A. Before B. Within C. From D. By37.A. pulled B. put C. picked D. pressed38.A. usual B. real C. main D.
22、 particular39.A. sweeping B. packing C. clearing D. emptying40.A. or B. so C. but D. even41.A. head B. turn C. change D. move42.A. studied B. worked C. played D. slept43.A. helping B. having C. watching D. letting44.A. asked B. told C. promised D. allowed45.A. study B. power C. age D. job46.A. proud
23、 B. friendly C. lucky D. hopeful47.A. ran B. got C. flew D. carried48.A. although B. while C. if D. since49.A. sold B. borrowed C. charged D. wore50.A. keeping B. making C. paying D. taking51.A. gradually B. greatly C. hardly D. early52.A. out B. over C. away D. off53.A. point B. level C. part D. si
24、gn54.A. he B. that C. who D. whoever55.A. understand B. demand C. offer D. fear第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A 、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AA newspaper in Helsinki, Finland, recently published a cartoon of a baby with a mobile phone, telling his parents that his diaper（尿布）needed changi
25、ng. But its hardly a joke. Helsinki is home to Nokia, the mobile-phone maker. Its one of the most “mobile“ cities in the world: About 92 percent of its households have at least one mobile phone. And the kids start young.“A relatively normal age to get a mobile phone is now 7,” says Jan Virkki, marke
26、ting manager for a mobile-phone company. Among the second graders at the Kulosaari Elementary School, the most popular object of desire this year is not a Barbie or a Gameboy. It is a Nokia mobile phone with a picture of their own choice on the screen.“One of the first things we discuss when school
27、starts is the rules for mobile phones,“ says Tiia Korppi, a teacher. Among the rules: You have to put it away out of sight. You cannot turn it on. You cannot send text messages to your friends, or play amusing tunes（令人发笑的曲调）in class, or call your parents or call for a pizza during history.56. The au
28、thor uses the newspaper cartoon to show that _.A. he is good at telling jokesB. he cares much for childrenC. mobile phones are toys for new-born babiesD. mobile phones are widely used in Finland57. The passage is mainly about _.A. different uses of mobile phonesB. a successful mobile-phone makerC. e
29、ffects of mobile phones on childrenD. school rules for the use of mobile phonesBIf you dream of going someplace warm to escape the cold winter weather, a trip to a recently discovered planet would certainly warm you right up. The planet, named OGLE-TR-56b, has temperatures of more than 3, 000F. “Thi
30、s is the hottest planet we know about,“ says Dr. Dimitar Sasselov, a scientist who led the discovery team. “It is hot enough to have an iron fog and to rain hot iron droplets（细沫）.“The new planet is 30 times farther away than any planet discovered by scientists before. It is in the Milky Way（银河）but i
31、t is not in our solar（太阳的）system. The new planet moves around a star much like our sun, however. Scientists discovered the planet by using a new planet-searching method, called “transit technique.“ They were able to catch sight of the planet when it moved in front of its star, causing the stars ligh
32、t to dim（变暗）. Scientists compare the method to discovering the shadow of a bee flying in front of a searchlight 200 miles away. “We believe the door has been opened wide to go and discover planets like Earth,“ says Sasselov.58. We can infer from the passage that _.A. there is iron on the new planetB
33、. we could go to the new planet in winterC. the star could block our view of the new planetD. scientists are studying the weather on the new planet59. The “transit technique” can _.A. help him the light of a starB. help scientists with a searchlightC. help discover a bee on a planetD. help find a pl
34、anet moving before its star60. Which is the best title for the passage?A. New Planet-searching Technique.B. New Distant Discovery.C. Space Searching.D. Dream Planet.CElephants dont forget-at least, female（雌性的）elephants dont. Elephant families are matriarchal. And the social knowledge gained by the o
35、ldest females is the key to a family groups survival（生存）, according to a study published in April by Karen McComb, a biologist at Sussex University in England.Elephants announce their presence by making a deep, long sound, a practice referred to as contact calling（联络呼叫）. An unfamiliar call may mean
36、that an elephant from outside the family group is nearby. A stranger can cause trouble, interrupting feeding or disturbing the young. So an elephant matriarch signals the family to gather around her; then they all lift their trunks in the air to smell the unfamiliar caller. False alarms can disturb
37、the group and take time and energy away from feeding, so survival may depend in part on getting it right.Working with Cynthia Moss, who founded the Amboseli Elephant Research Project in Kenya 30 years ago, McComb tested the social knowledge of 21 Amboseli elephant families with matriarchs 27 to 67 y
38、ears old. She played recordings of contact calls to each family and found that the oldest matriarchs were much better at picking out unfamiliar calls. In fact, a group with a matriarch in her fifties was several thousand times more likely to form into a group upon hearing an unfamiliar contact call
39、than when hearing a familiar call. However, families with younger matriarchs were less than twice as likely to gather together upon hearing an unfamiliar contact call as compared with a familiar call. And they gathered together a lot. Moreover, the social knowledge of older matriarchs translated int
40、o favourable results: Families with older matriarchs produced more baby elephants in each female-reproductive year.This finding shows how difficult it is to protect the oldest members of elephant families. As elephants age, they continue to grow larger, as do their much wanted tusks（象牙）. So the olde
41、r-and wiser-a matriarch is, the greater the chance she will be killed. About 800,000 elephants have been killed by people in the past 20 years.61. What does the underlined word “matriarch“ mean?A. An old member of an elephant family.B. A female head of an elephant family.C. A wise elephant.D. A larg
42、e elephant.62. When do elephants form into a group?A. When they are feeding the young.B. When they see a familiar elephant.C. When they are giving birth to baby elephants.D. When the leading elephant gives out a warning.63. The research with recordings of contact calls shows _.A. how fast elephants
43、form into groupsB. how important the age of a leading elephant isC. how frightened elephants are when hearing a strange callD. how frequently old elephants call other members of the family64. The older a female elephant is, _.A. the stronger she will beB. the poorer memory she will haveC. the more u
44、seless her tusks will beD. the more likely she will be killed65. We can infer from the passage that elephants may _.A. run into other elephant familiesB. give wrong warnings to their mothersC. run away upon hearing a strange soundD. produce more babies by gathering together more oftenDIf there is no
45、 difference in general intelligence（智力）between boys and girls, what can explain girls poor performance in science and mathematics?It seems to be that their treatment at school is a direct cause. Mathematics and science are seen as subjects mainly for boys, and therefore, as girls become teenagers, t
46、hey are less likely to take them. Interestingly, both boys and girls often regard the subjects for boys as more difficult. Yet it has been suggested that girls do not take mathematics courses, not because they are difficult, but for social reasons. Girls do not want to be in open competition with bo
47、ys because they are afraid to appear less feminine（女性的）and attractive.However, if we examine the performance of boys and girls who have taken mathematics courses, there are still more high-achieving boys than there are girls. This difference appears to be world-wide. Biological explanations have bee
48、n offered for this, but there are other explanations too.Perhaps the difference which comes out during the teenage years has its roots in much earlier experiences. From their first days in kindergarten, boys are encouraged to work on their own and to complete tasks. Facts show that outstanding（杰出的）mathematicians and scientists have not had teachers who supplied answers.Besides, there can be little doubt that teachers of mathematics and science expect their boy students to do better at these subjects than their girl students. They even ap
